MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)
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Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 1 AUG 24
Station: 46.16,-103.46
Latitude: 46.16
Longitude: -103.46
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LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W
mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg
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0 1000 71
1 950 527
SFC 909 918 29.9 9.5 28 20.4 16.8 328 9 311.4 312.9 293.5 336.7 8.21
3 900 1009 28.3 8.6 29 19.7 15.9 326 10 310.6 312.1 293.0 334.7 7.82
4 850 1511 23.1 7.7 37 15.4 13.6 323 11 310.4 311.9 292.9 334.4 7.79
5 800 2034 18.1 6.7 47 11.4 11.2 319 11 310.4 311.9 292.8 334.1 7.70
6 750 2582 12.7 5.8 63 6.8 8.6 315 11 310.3 311.8 292.9 334.2 7.76
7 700 3156 7.1 4.8 85 2.3 5.8 313 11 310.4 311.8 292.8 334.1 7.73
8 650 3760 2.4 -3.9 63 6.3 -0.6 303 19 311.7 312.5 290.5 325.6 4.40
9 600 4403 -0.6 -10.1 49 9.5 -4.6 312 17 315.4 316.0 290.3 325.0 2.95
10 550 5094 -4.1 -15.5 41 11.4 -8.2 319 17 319.3 319.7 290.6 326.2 2.09
11 500 5839 -8.5 -22.6 31 14.1 -12.7 322 19 322.7 322.9 290.9 327.0 1.24
12 450 6648 -13.7 -32.4 19 18.7 -17.7 325 21 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.56
13 400 7531 -20.0 -42.4 12 22.5 -23.2 334 20 329.1 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.23
14 350 8505 -27.8 -48.8 12 21.0 -29.9 345 22 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.13
15 300 9593 -36.3 -52.6 17 16.4 -37.4 357 28 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.10
16 250 10833 -44.7 -56.8 25 12.1 -45.2 4 32 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.07
17 200 12299 -52.2 -67.9 14 15.6 -52.6 1 36 350.0 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.02
18 150 14143 -55.9 -79.3 4 23.4 -56.3 334 24 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00
19 100 16707 -57.9 -85.7 2 27.8 -58.3 284 14 415.9 415.9 307.2 415.9 0.00
TRP 0
WND 0
Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick: 5768.40 m
Freezing level: 610.23 mb = 4271.75 m = 14014.74 ft
Wetbulb zero: 654.89 mb = 3699.01 m = 12135.71 ft
Precipitable water: 0.96 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.28 %
Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.99 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 675.06 mb = 3451.60 m = 11324.02 ft T: 4.81 C
700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km
ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL): 669.43 mb = 3519.85 m = 11547.93 ft
Mean mixing ratio: 7.80 g/kg
Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F
Cap Strength: 0.54 C
Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable
Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C
Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C
Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
Vertical Totals Index: 31.64 C
Cross Totals Index: 16.21 C
K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index: 132.85 Risk: None
Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms
Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+): 11.56 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel: 4.81 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.36 J/kg
Cap Strength: 0.85 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.60 mb = 3445.11 m = 11302.73 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.60 mb = 3628.27 m = 11903.62 ft
Equ Level (EL): 600.60 mb = 4395.37 m = 14420.33 ft
B at Equ Level: 11.26 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 530.60 mb = 5374.98 m = 17634.22 ft
Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.5 at 15.3 knts
Storm direction: 347.5 at 11.5 knts
Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 1.8 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 14.0 m^2/s^2
ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index: 0.00
Bulk Rich Number: 2.61
Bulk Shear: 4.42 m/s
